CVE-2008-2955

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-07-01 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Pidgin 2.4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long filename that contains certain characters, as demonstrated using an MSN message that triggers the crash in the msn_slplink_process_msg function.

Affected products

Pidgin: 2.4.1

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/30881
http://secunia.com/advisories/32859
http://secunia.com/advisories/33102
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3966
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-493.htm
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:025
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1023.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493682/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29985
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-675-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1947
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10131

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